online archive
5:00PM
NOV 8 2007
Economics roundup
From Economic Sociology, a special issue on economic anthropology. Ronald Bailey on envisioning a post-scarcity economy. From NBER, a look at how hidden taxes are easier to raise. From The Economist, an article on the case for death duties: How to improve an unpopular tax. A review of Econophysics and Sociophysics: Trends and Perspectives. Evan Selinger (RIT): Technology Transfer: What Can Philosophers Contribute? Muhammad Yunus on turning beggars into entrepreneurs. Gideon Rachman on the aid crusade and Bono’s brigade. Robert Samuelson reviews Gregory Clark's A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the World (and more). Lawrence Summers on how America must handle the falling dollar. From Slate, Timothy Noah and Robert Reich debate CEO pay and supercapitalism. Who's to blame for the brave new economy? Robert Kuttner and Robert Reich debate. Can the Democrats own prosperity? Jonathan Rauch investigates. The first chapter from Appeasing Bankers: Financial Caution on the Road to War by Jonathan Kirshner. A review of Robert Frank's Richistan: A Journey Through the American Wealth Boom and the Lives of the New Rich. An interview with Brad DeLong on economics, politics and public discourse. Resistance is Surrender: Slavoj Zizek on what to do about capitalism. From New Politics, Dan Jakopovich on Revolutionary Unionism: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow. A review of Rice and Chips: Technopreneurship and Innovation in Asia by Dennis Posadas. The introduction to Labor Rights Are Civil Rights: Mexican American Workers in Twentieth-Century America by Zaragosa Vargas.
